Tennell Atkins

Current roles

• Dallas City Council: Councilmember

Former roles

• Dallas City Council: Councilmember candidate
• Dallas City Council: Councilmember
• Dallas City Council: Councilmember candidate

Campaign contributions

Donor	Date	Amount	In-Kind details
Brenda Reyes	June 29, 2007	$250.00
C. Tony Wright	April 12, 2007	$250.00
C.W. Whitaker	April 18, 2007	$25.00
CWA - Cope, PCC	June 14, 2007	$500.00
Caren Prothro	April 24, 2007	$250.00
Caren Prothro	May 15, 2007	$500.00
Christopher Rentzel	May 28, 2007	$100.00
Construction Citizens Program of Texas	May 3, 2007	$250.00
Dallas Black Firefighters Association PAC	April 6, 2007	$500.00
Dallas Fire Fighters	April 12, 2007	$2,500.00
Dallas Retired Fire Fighters Associates	May 30, 2007	$550.00
Dan & Kathryn Eddy	July 7, 2007	$100.00
Dara Tillotson	May 7, 2007	$1,000.00
Darrell Lafitte	April 9, 2007	$250.00
Darrell Lafitte	April 9, 2007	$250.00
David & Norma Little	June 11, 2007	$200.00
David Fairchild	March 15, 2007	$500.00
Demetris Sampson	May 4, 2007	$250.00
Don Valk	May 25, 2007	$1,000.00
Don Valk Assured Self Storg	May 25, 2007	$1,000.00
Donald Hicks, Sr.	February 6, 2007	$500.00
Dr. Ronald Hill	May 9, 2007	$100.00
Effie Booker-Worrell	June 13, 2007	$50.00
Errol & Sandra McKoy	June 11, 2007	$250.00
Errol McKoy	April 16, 2007	$250.00
Evelyn C. Hicks	April 10, 2007	$500.00
Frederick & Debra Haynes	March 3, 2007	$150.00
GHJH	April 24, 2007	$250.00
Gary Hartstein	March 19, 2007	$1,000.00
George A. Shafer	May 18, 2007	$250.00
George Moussa	May 7, 2007	$1,000.00
Gilbert Aranza	June 7, 2007	$500.00
Gina Norris	May 22, 2007	$100.00
Harlan Crow	May 25, 2007	$1,000.00
Harold Simmons	April 23, 2007	$1,000.00
Hiwatha Williams	April 27, 2007	$100.00
JPI Good Government Fund-State	May 3, 2007	$250.00
James & Norma Little	April 9, 2007	$250.00
James & Suzanne Johnston	April 10, 2007	$500.00
James Griffin	March 20, 2007	$750.00
James or Pamela Graham	April 13, 2007	$100.00
Jeffery Murtha	March 14, 2007	$1,000.00
Jeffery Tillotson	May 7, 2007	$1,000.00
Jerry Peters	April 27, 2007	$250.00
Jerry Williamsson	April 10, 2007	$250.00
Joe Bowers	May 25, 2007	$1,000.00
John Bauer	May 10, 2007	$100.00
John Berkman	March 14, 2007	$1,000.00
John Dumas	March 14, 2007	$1,000.00
Joseph Williams	May 16, 2007	$200.00
Ken Goldberg	May 31, 2007	$1,000.00
LGF & Associates	June 11, 2007	$100.00
Leonard Jone	April 10, 2007	$100.00
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP	June 29, 2007	$1,000.00
Lucious Williams	May 29, 2007	$500.00
Lucy Billingsley	May 15, 2007	$250.00
Lucy Billingsley	June 28, 2007	$750.00
M. Kevin Bryant	May 21, 2007	$250.00
Marcia Griffin	March 20, 2007	$750.00
Marshella Atkins	February 2, 2007	$1,000.00
Mary Shannon	March 15, 2007	$500.00
Mr. & Mrs. J.J. Collmer	July 7, 2007	$250.00
Nick Mehmeti	March 14, 2007	$1,000.00
Pamela Mickens	April 2, 2007	$1,000.00
Paul & Raelaine Radnitz	March 15, 2007	$1,000.00
Pete Schenkel	May 16, 2007	$250.00
Pettis Norman	June 11, 2007	$250.00
R.E. Allen	June 7, 2007	$1,000.00
Ralston Outdoor Advertisement	May 10, 2007	$250.00
Randall Goss	May 9, 2007	$1,000.00
Raymond Wooldridge	April 29, 2007	$250.00
Richard Leigh	May 9, 2007	$1,000.00
Rick & Cherie Cowart	June 11, 2007	$100.00
Robert Hallam	April 25, 2007	$500.00
Samuel Gill	March 14, 2007	$1,000.00
Scott Burch	March 13, 2007	$1,000.00
Sharon Dale	March 23, 2007	$250.00
Southwest Airlines Freedom Fund	April 19, 2007	$500.00
Stanley Moussa	May 7, 2007	$1,000.00
Steve Cotton	April 7, 2007	$25.00
Steve Cotton	April 7, 2007	$25.00
Steven Bradley	June 13, 2007	$175.00
Sydney Bradley	June 13, 2007	$25.00
Taralynn Hickman	February 1, 2007	$100.00
Timothy Powers	April 10, 2007	$250.00
Vance Miller	April 24, 2007	$250.00
Victor Elmore	March 30, 2007	$100.00
W.E. Becker	March 15, 2007	$1,000.00
Walt Bradley	June 13, 2007	$100.00
Walter Wilson, Sr.	May 4, 2007	$250.00
William Newby	April 16, 2007	$400.00
Total: $45,375.00

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League of Women Voters 2009 candidate survey

LWV: What are your qualifications for this office?

Atkins: My qualifications for this office are: I am the current council representative for Council District 8. I am a thirty year resident living in Council District 8 and I bring demonstrable leadership, useful business skills, knowledge of the City of Dallas and the ability to build consensus among diverse people.

LWV: The City of Dallas has a potential $100M shortfall in the next city budget. How would you close the gap? If you would cut services, which ones would you cut?

Atkins: I am on record as advocating a small tax increase in 2007, during a time that I believed residents and the local economy could have afforded a small revenue increase. We will not be able to reduce costs enough to offset the projected revenue shortfall. I will support a combination of cost reductions and revenue increases.

LWV: Are you in favor of a convention center hotel? If yes, do you support the current plan to finance its construction with revenue bonds and have the city own the hotel?

Atkins: I am on record in support of a convention center hotel and its proposed financing. A major consideration influencing my decision was the contracting and job opportunities the project would provide for southern Dallas residents. I inserted the strongest possible legal language into the developer's agreement, which will assure a "fair share" to African Americans and other minorities.

LWV: What is your response to recent reports (e.g., Corps of Engineers, North Texas Tollway Authority) regarding the Trinity River tollroad/levee issues?

Atkins: The Trinity River Project reflects the size, complexity and the many moving parts of a huge public works project. I am in favor of a pace that allows public safety issues to be well researched by the appropriate authorities and will allow an open and transparent process.

LWV: Do you think the City of Dallas Ethics Code needs to be strengthened? If yes, in what way(s)?

Atkins: No, I do not believe the City of Dallas Ethics Code need to be changed.